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  1. Child Beneficiaries
    & Poverty
  2. Never
    Beneficiaries
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    Earners
  4. Veteran
    Beneficiaries

Chart Description - Never Beneficiaries

Released: April 2012
Next expected update: Spring 2014
Population Characteristics, 2012
Characteristic Never beneficiaries Current and future beneficiaries
Total 1,506,104 45,747,476
Women 63.9% 53.6%
Hispanics 17.9% 6.9%
Never married 15.6% 4.2%
Widowed 25.0% 18.7%
Less than high school education 26.8% 10.5%
Poverty rate 54.7% 4.7%
 
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Last reviewed or modified 04/23/2013